-# gather any directories in our home that match these often recurring patterns.
-&snarf_by_pattern($snarf_file_base, "$root", "quartz");
-&snarf_by_pattern($snarf_file_base, "$root", "project");
-&snarf_by_pattern($snarf_file_base, "$root", "issue");
-&snarf_by_pattern($snarf_file_base, "$root", "idea");
-&snarf_by_pattern($snarf_file_base, "$root", "crucial");
-&snarf_by_pattern($snarf_file_base, "$root", "list");
-&snarf_by_pattern($snarf_file_base, "$root", "task");
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